374: Chapter 374 Coercion and Enticement

"Have you ever seen a businessman who wants to raise the price block all the contact information of his cooperation partner?"

Hearing this, Gu Xuantian couldn't hold back.

Yesterday, late at night, the old man suddenly called him repeatedly.

As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard the old man roaring on the other end, telling him to find Shen Yan quickly.

He also told him to make Shen Yan honor the previous cooperation with the old man by any means necessary, and to get him to go abroad.

He had found Shen Yan now, but Shen Yan was completely unyielding and refused to negotiate with him, nor did he want to go abroad. What could he do?

He couldn't possibly just tie the man up and send him abroad, could he!

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

"I don't care about all this nonsense. Just tell me how we can continue the cooperation?"

Shen Yan shook his head and replied, "No need to think about it. No matter what you say, I won't agree to go abroad."

As soon as the words fell.

Gu Xuantian's face was full of frustration.

"Since you don't want to cooperate with the old man, why did you agree to him before? You agreed to him now but won't cooperate with him. Aren't you afraid you won't be able to stay in this industry in the future?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "Why would I not be able to stay in this industry?"

Gu Xuantian sneered.

"You still have the nerve to ask me why? You broke your word and went back on the agreement after cooperation. As soon as this news gets out, you won't be able to stay in this industry!"

"Although our Gushi Group does not completely monopolize the field of Artificial Intelligence, our company still has a voice in this area."

"If you don't continue to cooperate with us, I will make sure your company, which has only recently stepped into the field of Artificial Intelligence, will completely cease to exist."

Shen Yan nodded.

"Good, then go ahead and do that."

Gu Xuantian: "... Did you even understand what I said? I am threatening you right now!"

Shen Yan burst out laughing. He replied to Gu Xuantian, "Don't worry, what you said is not the talk of a beast, I can understand it."

As the words fell.

Gu Xuantian's face turned even greener.

He took a deep breath and said to Shen Yan in a warning tone, "Don't play games with me here. I know you value that project of your company very much, otherwise you wouldn't have made a move against me again and again because of that project."

"I'm not joking with you either. As long as we want to, your project can stop running in minutes."

"The reason I didn't make a move against you before was only because the old man was restraining me. If you really dare to betray the old man, the old man will absolutely not let you go. The tricks he uses on you will only be harsher than the tricks I use on you."

It was only then that Shen Yan's expression became serious. He said to Gu Xuantian word by word, "I know your group has been rooted in this field for many years, but even so, so what?"

"Even if your group really has this ability... I won't give you a chance to make a move."

Before Gu Xuantian could figure out the meaning of these words.

Shen Yan simply waved his hand and signaled the secretary to show the guest out.

Gu Xuantian originally wanted to say a few more words, but with the secretary and security guards standing at the door, to avoid being dragged out of the company, he finally slipped away with his tail between his legs.

After he left, Shen Yan devoted all his energy to work.

Time passed second by second.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

During these two days, Shen Yan and Wu Ya had been holding frequent meetings. The topic of their meetings was the promotion plan for the third project software.

The meme-creation plan they had come up with earlier had been a huge success.

In just a day and a half, the download volume of their software had increased several hundred times.

Originally, their software download volume was only a few million.

Since that video leaked and the meme went viral across the entire internet, their software's download volume directly reached tens of millions.

"Oh my god, I thought your small goal was a bit too far-fetched before, but now it seems my vision was too narrow."

Chen Guangke kept praising while looking at the data.

He truly hadn't expected their software to achieve tens of millions of downloads in less than a week.

It should be known that this was an achievement that even the hottest creative short video software today could not reach.

He firmly believed that if things continued like this, their software would definitely replace the position of big fish.

Just as he was happily envisioning the future, Shen Yan spoke up.

"My goal is not just here. Don't forget that the goal I mentioned initially was to achieve three hundred million downloads within a week."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke's face immediately fell again. He said to Shen Yan with great distress, "Old Shen, I completely understand your desire to achieve results, and I feel the same way you do, but these things can't be rushed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Is that so? You seemed to say the same thing before... and now..."

Chen Guangke cleared his throat.

"Ahem... That was an accident!"

"I didn't expect you guys to come up with such a good promotion plan, but no matter how good the promotion plan is, the video content also needs attention."

"It's useless to only focus on the download volume. We need to see how many users we can attract who are willing to keep our software on their phones and browse our software."

"I still think the three hundred million download volume you mentioned is a bit too exaggerated. Instead of constantly focusing on the download volume, perhaps we should look at what aspects of the software's functionality can be improved."

Shen Yan and Chen Guangke's ideas were both similar and different.

He knew that video content and video functionality were what could truly retain users.

But the prerequisite for retaining users was having enough users download their software.

If the number of users downloading their software wasn't high enough, even with a high retention rate, their software wouldn't be able to replace the position of the internet giant big fish in a short time.

Thinking this, he said to Chen Guangke, "Don't worry, I don't mean to force you to come up with a new promotion plan."

"I still have expectations for the three hundred million download goal, but what we need to do now is indeed not just focus on the promotion plan. We must think about how to retain those users who have already downloaded our software."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke's eyes lit up.

He knew that when Shen Yan said this, it meant Shen Yan already had an idea in mind.

"Do you already have some ideas?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"Have you finalized the matter about the incentive bonus we discussed earlier?"

Chen Guangke nodded.

"I have already posted the announcement on the backend for all users."

Shen Yan shook his head and said, "Just doing that isn't enough. There are many people who won't check the information on their user backend..."

Saying this, he lowered his head and thought for a moment.

"How about this, have our people also post videos on the software."